Entry Level Producer
Location: NZ, N, Auckland
Department: Production
Employment type: Full-time
Required experience: Entry level
Required education: Bachelor's Degree
Industry: Marketing and Advertising
Function: Production

Company profile:
Young &amp; Shand is a full service digital agency that loves a challenge.We’ve made a name for ourselves by creating engaging digital content and leveraging new marketing technology to help NZ businesses grow. We consistently get results with a performance based approach and by ensuring the content we create gets people talking. This has helped us become the country’s fastest growing independent digital agency.How we workOur Auckland office has a full production team, Creative Director, three creative teams, six digital designers and a full development team. As a client, you’ll also have a senior Account Director and an experienced Account Manager working with you day to day and at a strategic level. To ensure everything gets done, we also have our own dedicated team offshore that allows us to work 24 hours a day.Perhaps more important than our production capability is our strategic and creative thinking. Without great thinking you’re only going to get average results. And average is not good enough - we’re only interested in doing world class work that drives results for our clients. That’s why we’ve invested in Ben becoming a New Yorker for 12 months. He’s there to understand what’s happening at the cutting edge of marketing technology so we’re up there with the best.Our environmentLast but not least, we’re a young ambitious company that’s not afraid of hard work. We have a young team that's smart and eager to learn and test the limits of what's possible. We have a real collaborative approach and work together to achieve great results. 

Job description:
As the business grows we are looking to expand the team running our Studio. We are looking for an Entry Level producer to join the team. The role will work with our Studio Manager to help with project management across the production team. Over the last 12 months the production team has effectively doubled in size. With this the number and scale of jobs we are working on has significantly increased. This role will be accountable for ensuring we deliver our jobs on time and on budget.The role will suit a recent graduate who has an interest in project management and creative arts. The person will be highly organised, have an eye for detail, be comfortable with numbers and will be a people person. The role will be working with our Studio Manager who will provide training and guidance. Our production team is split into a three production pods (or mini teams). Thie role will have direct responsibility for managing one of the teams as well as administration responsibilities for our production system (Proworkflow). They will also drive job cost reports, timesheet and our WIP reporting. This is a key role in organising and optimising our workflow.

Requirements:
Scoping Jobs - understanding the specific job requirements considering different technical approaches and recommending the best solutionCoordination of resources - ensuring the right people are working on the right jobs. Maintaining our production systems to ensure the system is running smoothly.Job Costing - Ensuring all costs are tied back to our jobs and running job costing reporting.Administration - Managing Proworkflow, Time Management, and WIP processes.Reporting - working with the Studio Manager on key production reports

Benefits:
Working with like minded people driven to produce excellent workGreat office space located in the heart of Britomart, AucklandFully stocked beer and wine fridgeAs much Pizza as you can eat on Fridays